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Country calling codes(upload.wikimedia.org)

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deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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Weird how they split up Europe into a patchwork.

I’m guessing it’s because France refused to share a prefix code with Britain.

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RedditWanderer@lemmy.world
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Or more likely, they had a mutual agreement until Britain wanted its own thing, so they exit the deal. Seems like something the English would do. We could have called it Brexit or something

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allywilson@sopuli.xyz
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It’s not a million miles away from the truth. The UK and France were the main advocates behind the ITU, so they got +33 and +44. Which is…fine…but I’ve not come across why NA got +1, etc. or even why those numbers were chosen at all.

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KevonLooney@lemm.ee
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NA has +1 because the US invented the telephone. Canada is America’s hat.

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can@sh.itjust.works
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Graham Bell also moved to Canada.

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allywilson@sopuli.xyz
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Alexander Graham Bell was Scottish, who moved to Canada and then moved to the US.

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